Louisiana 26RS Session Status: Introduced 1 D cosponsors

HB712 — MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Provides relative to fee waivers by the office of motor vehicles for driver's licenses and state identification cards (RE1 DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Last action — Read by title. Failed to pass by a vote of 10 yeas and 27 nays. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the House. Introduced February 27, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

Prognosis

Stalled 12% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • Introduced

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Mixed recorded votes

    2 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

In plain language

This bill provides for fee waivers for driver's licenses and state IDs by the motor vehicles office.

The bill allows the office of motor vehicles to waive fees for obtaining driver's licenses and state identification cards. This could make it easier for individuals to obtain necessary identification without financial barriers.

What this means for you
  • Families: Families may benefit from lower costs when obtaining identification for multiple members.
  • Consumers: For consumers, this may reduce the costs associated with obtaining a driver's license or state ID.

Summary

MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Provides relative to fee waivers by the office of motor vehicles for driver's licenses and state identification cards (RE1 DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Bill Text

We don't have the full text on file for this bill yet.

Read HB712 on the official Louisiana source →

Action History

  1. Prefiled.

  2. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  3. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  4. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  5. Reported with amendments (13-1).

  6. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  7. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.

  8. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  9. Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  10. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  11. Reported with amendments.

  12. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  13. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  14. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  15. Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.

  16. Read by title. Failed to pass by a vote of 6 yeas and 27 nays.

  17. Notice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.

  18. Reconsidered.

  19. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  20. Called from the Calendar.

  21. Read by title. Failed to pass by a vote of 10 yeas and 27 nays. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 25 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Senate: FINAL PASSAGE

Failed 6 Yea · 27 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 6201
Unaffiliated 0302
Republican 02203
Total 62706
% of votes cast 15%69%0%15%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Nay
Boudreaux — Nay
Miller — Nay
Carter — Not Voting
Owen — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Nay
Jay Luneau Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Nay
Alan Seabaugh Republican Nay
Beth Mizell Republican Nay
Blake Miguez Republican Nay
Bob Hensgens Republican Nay
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Not Voting
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Nay
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Nay
Franklin J. Foil Republican Nay
Glen Womack Republican Nay
Heather Cloud Republican Nay
Jeremy Stine Republican Nay
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Nay
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Nay
Kirk Talbot Republican Nay
Mark Abraham Republican Nay
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Nay
Mike Reese Republican Nay
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Nay
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
Robert Allain Republican Nay
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Not Voting
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Nay
Valarie Hodges Republican Nay

Official roll call →

House: FINAL PASSAGE

Passed 87 Yea · 1 Nay · 17 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10100
Republican 510014
Democrat 26003
Total 871017
% of votes cast 83%1%0%16%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Galle — Yea
Miller — Yea
Henry, C. — Yea
Boudreaux — Yea
Owen — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Landry, J. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Yea
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Not Voting
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Not Voting
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Not Voting
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Emily Chenevert Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Not Voting
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jacob Braud Republican Not Voting
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Yea
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Not Voting
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Not Voting
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Not Voting
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Not Voting
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Not Voting
Raymond J. Crews Republican Not Voting
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Not Voting
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Not Voting
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

Official roll call →

With Amendments

Passed 13 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 7100
Democrat 6000
Total 13100
% of votes cast 93%7%0%0%
How each member voted (14)
Member Party Vote
Chasity Martinez Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Doyle Boudreaux Republican Yea
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Nay
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB712 do?
MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Provides relative to fee waivers by the office of motor vehicles for driver's licenses and state identification cards (RE1 DECREASE SG RV See Note)
Who sponsors HB712?
HB712 is sponsored by Delisha Boyd (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB712?
This bill has been introduced in the House. Introduced February 27, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Where can I track HB712?
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